Self-mounting siding

ABSTRACT

Siding having a bent-up lip along one edge which is provided with a row of nail holes or slots arranged above a bending line; e.g., a pressed bead or the like, so that the lip may be nailed in position and then the main body portion of the siding bent up approximately 90* after nailing, generally against the sidewall of the building. The lip has a locking edge for engaging the edge of a previously positioned siding of like nature, and the bending bead forms not only a location for the bending action but a stiffening rib and a location for the ensuing or subsequent siding or shingle which is to be positioned.

United States Patent [72] Inventor [54] SELF-MOUNTING SlDlNG 10 Claims, 9 Drawing Figs.

[52] US. Cl 52/105, 52/288, 52/522, 52/555 [51] Int. Cl E04d 3/363 [50] Field of Search 52/519,

3,054,222 9/1962 Buckner 521543 3,289,380 12/1966 Chamiga 52/288 3,325,952 6/1967 Trachtenberg. 52/522x 3,500,600 3/1970 Bagley s2/2ssx 3,507,079 4/1970 George 52/519x Primary Examiner-Price C. Faw, Jr. Attorney-Charles R. Fay

ABSTRACT: Siding having a bent-up lip along one edge which is provided with a row of nail holes or slots arranged above a bending line; e.g., a pressed bead or the like, so that the lip may be nailed in position and then the main body portion of the siding bent up approximately 90 fter nailing, generally against the sidewall of the building. The lip has a locking edge for engaging the edge of a previously positioned siding of like nature, and the bending bead forms not only a location for the bending action but a stiffening rib and a location for the ensuing or subsequent siding or shingle which is to be positioned.

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Y SHEET 1 0F 2 s F l G. 2 as gs 0 O 0 O O O O O O INVENTOR WILLIAM H. STEWART ATTORNEY PAIENIEB JAN 4:972

SHEET 2 OF 2 FIG. 7

SELF-MOUNTING SIDING BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION There have been many suggestions for the application of metallic or plastic sidings for buildings with relation to the accurate application and location thereof but in many cases the siding is difficult to apply accurately in straight rows.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A piece of siding or shingle having a lip is secured to a sidewall, roof, etc. of any structure, and at right angles to the surface to be covered. There is a first or base row at the bottom of the wall, etc. and this is secured in a single row and fastened in a more or less upright position as for instance by nailing. However, once the first row is secured to the wall, the remainder of the novel siding is secured at right angles and bent up from the right angle position to a substantially vertical position after nailing each strip at the top edge of each lip of each preceding strip.

The construction can be varied as will be made more clear hereinafter and it can be utilized as clapboards, shingles, etc. Drip edges can be used between adjoining sections if desired and air vents, etc. also may be utilized One of the greatest advantages of the invention resides in the self-aligning characteristics which are embodied starting with the first row at the base of the sidewall and also in the ease of snapping on each successive row, nailing, bending up, etc. in an inherent self-aligning relationship.

Each correct length needed is easily cut and correctly positioned on the previous row below, and ample nailing row is provided at the top portion of the lip of each siding so that the top of the previous strip can be secured with the lip of the next strip at the same time before the succeeding strip is bent up.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a form of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a similar view showing a somewhat different form;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a multiple bend for narrow siding;

FIG. 4 is an edge view illustrating the application of the novel siding;

FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic view showing in general the steps in the application of the novel siding to a sidewall;

FIG. 6 is an edge view of a modified clapboard;

FIG. 7 is an elevational view showing a novel trim;

FIG. 8 is a section on line 8-8 on an enlarged scale, and

FIG. 9 is a similar view showing an outside comer trim.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION Referring now to FIG. 1, there is shown the main portion of a single siding section which is indicated at 10. This section is substantially flat and may have drip edges at 12, 14 at each side, although either one or both of these drip edges may be omitted. The edge of the clapboard section at 16 will be referred to as the top edge and the lower edge is indicated at 18. The area of the main body portion of the siding member in proximity to and adjacent the top edge, or free edge I6 will be referred to as an attachment portion.

AT the lower edge 18 there is as manufactured a bent-up lip which has two longitudinal portions 20 and 22 and between them there is a bending bead 24 which may be, e.g., a pressedin groove or rib. This defines the bottom portion of the lip at 22 between the bottom edge 18 and the bending bead 24 and the lip is located at right angles with respect to the main body portion 10 of the clapboard. Also if the drip edges are present, it will define the top edges of these also which are clearly shown as triangular.

The lip portion at 20 is provided with nail holes of any desired kind as at 26. These nail holes may be round or slotted as at 28 in FIG. 2 and also as shown in FIG. 2 the bending rib as at 24 may consist of a series of holes 30 or any other device of the kind described which will assist in bending the lip accurately as will be more clearly described hereinafter. In the event that the holes 30 are used, these can also be used for air vents, etc., as will be clear to those skilled in the art.

The extreme edge of the lip portion 20 which is indicated at 32 is rolled or bent over forming a locking joint to be more clearly described hereinafter. Also as a modification index rings indicated at 36, 36 can be used in place of the bending beads to position the siding, etc.

Now referring to FIG. 3, the main section of the clapboard is shown to be bent in steps as at 40. Otherwise the construction is the same but there is here shown as also in FIG. 1 a stiffening, locking, ridge or bead 42. The purpose of the showing in FIG. 3 is merely to provide narrow clapboards, the clapboards shown in the other figures being of the wider variety. Lip 20' and bead 24 are the same as at 20 and 24, FIG. I.

In applying the novel clapboard to the side of a house or the like, the very first row at the base of the wall is secured in a single row fastened in the conventional upright position and nailed from the bottom outside portion of the siding, a portion of the lip 20, 20 finding an underhanging position indicated as at 46 in FIG. 5. It will be seen that it is easy to nail in an upward direction along the lip edge portion 20 to secure the first row of the clapboarding in position.

The second row of siding is then applied as indicated in FIG. 4. Regarding the first or initial row as A, a clapboard such as described above and shown in FIGS. 1, 2 or 3, is locked with respect to the locking lip 32 over the top edge portion of the clapboard which is indicated such as at 16, and the bending head 24 of the next clapboard B coincides with the stiffening bead or rib 42 s that the clapboard B is correctly aligned and is also secured to the clapboard A. Then the parts are nailed with the rib portion at 20 of the clapboard B and the top edge portion near the edge 16 being nailed at the same time directly to the wall, thus clamping the lip of the locking rib 32 inbetween the top edge of the clapboard on the side of the wall.

Then the clapboard B is bent up about its bending rib at 24 into the position corresponding to that of clapboard A, and then the next clapboard is applied to that as is indicated diagrammatically as to the sidewall 50 and the various clapboards indicated as at A, B, C, D and E, until the entire wall 50 is completely covered, clapboard E being cut off somewhat in order to fit in under the eaves. The clapboard are applied in the alphabetical progression indicated in FIG. 5.

In some cases slotted nail holes will be found convenient to allow the siding to be positioned to one side or the other if necessary after it is bent upward from its right angled position as indicated in FIG. 4 and also a shingle or shaped design can be utilized as will be clear to those skilled in the art with a drip edge on one side and with a no drip edge on the other side. Also, the taper effect that follows the conventional clapboard can be varied to include rectangular formations and the like without departing from the invention, see FIG. 6. Here the metal is bent on a line 52 like that at 24 so that flat 54 is vertical and fiat 56 horizontal. The end flat 59 contacts the wall and acts in a manner similar to the free end 16 of FIG. 1. A bent out central portion 58 thus gives a ribbed or corrugated effect. These clapboards can be applied horizontally or vertically.

FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate a bend-over window trim and FIG. 9 a double-bent outside comer trim. When the clapboards 60 have been applied overlapping legs 62 of the angled trim unit 64, the leg 66 is bent over as about head 67 as indicated in dotted lines in FIG. 8.

FIG. 9 shows an angle 68 for a corner, this angle having bent out legs 70 which are correspondingly bent down over the clapboard ends at 72 at each aspect of the comer.

I claim:

1. A self-mounting siding member comprising a main body portion having a main body free edge, a right angle fastening lip along the opposite edge thereof, said lip having a free edge and including a longitudinal fastening area, and means providing a bending line also longitudinal of said lip and intermediate the longitudinal edges of the lip, whereby the siding is attachable at right angles to the surface to be sided by being attached through the fastening area of the fastening lip and then being bent up along said bending line approximately a one-quarter bend, and interengaging means in said fastening area of the lip for engaging with an attachment portion of an adjacent previously applied siding member said attachment portion being disposed in a predetermined relationship to said main body free edge of said adjacent siding member, whereby engagement of said interengaging means with said adjacent siding member, attachment portion positions the first-mentioned siding member and said adjacent siding member in a predetermined relationship.

2. The sliding of claim including a second siding member, said interengaging means being found at the edge of the right angle lip of each siding member for engagement with the main body free edge of an adjacent siding member.

3. The siding of claim 1 including a second siding member, said interengaging means being formed as a reverse bend at the edge of the right angle lip of each siding member for interlocking engagement over the main body free edge of an adjacent siding member, and fasteners extending through the fastening area of one siding member and through the attachment portion on the adjacent siding member, which is locked with respect thereto.

4. The siding of claim 1 wherein the fastening area on the lip is above the bending line.

5. The siding according to claim 1 including bending and locking ridge parallel to and spaced from the free edge of said main body portion of the siding.

6. The siding according to claim 1 including a stiffening and locking ridge parallel to and spaced from the free edge of said main body portion of the siding and said bending line comprising an impressed bead.

7. The siding according to claim 1 including a stiffening and locking ridge parallel to and spaced from the free edge of said main body portion of the siding, said locking ridge fitting the bending bead on the lip of the succeeding siding.

8. The siding of claim 1 wherein the bending line is formed by a bead.

9. The siding of claim 1 including a generally right angle drip edge along an edge of the main body portion between the lip and the free edge of the main body portion.

10. The siding of claim 1 including a generally right angle drip edge along and edge of the main body portion between the lip and the free edge of the main body portion and tapering down from the lip to the free edge of the main body portion, the lip having an area substantially at right angles to the surface to be sided, and the main body portion inclining slightly upwardly and inwardly toward the surface to be sided, the drip edge substantially filling the void between the main body portion and the surface to be sided. 

1. A self-mounting siding member comprising a main body portion having a main body free edge, a right angle fastening lip along the opposite edge thereof, said lip having a free edge and including a longitudinal fastening area, and means providing a bending line also longitudinal of said lip and intermediate the longitudinal edges of the lip, whereby the siding is attachable at right angles to the surface to be sided by being attached through the fastening area of the fastening lip and then being bent up along said bending line approximately a one-quarter bend, and interengaging means in said fastening area of the lip for engaging with an attachment portion of an adjacent previously applied siding member, said attachment portion being disposed in a predetermined relationship to said main body free edge of said adjacent siding member, whereby engagement of said interengaging means with said adjacent siding member attachment portion positions the first-mentioned siding member and said adjacent siding member in a predetermined relationship.
 2. The sliding of claim 1 including a second siding member, said interengaging means being formed at the edge of the right angle lip of each siding member for engagement with the main body free edge of an adjacent siding member.
 3. The siding of claim 1 including a second siding member, said interengaging means being formed as a reverse bend at the edge of the right angle lip of each siding member for interlocking engagement over the main body free edge of an adjacent siding member, and fasteners extending through the fastening area of one siding member and through the attachment portion on the adjacent siding member, which is locked with respect thereto.
 4. The siding of claim 1 wherein the fastening area on the lip is above the bending line.
 5. The siding according to claim 1 including a stiffening and locking ridge parallel to and spaced from the free edge of said main body portion of the siding.
 6. The siding according to claim 1 including a stiffening and locking ridge parallel to and spaced from the free edge of said main body portion of the siding and said bending line comprising an impressed bead.
 7. The siding according to claim 1 including a stiffening and locking ridge parallel to and spaced from the free edge of said main body portion of the siding, said locking ridge fitting the bending bead on the lip of the succeeding siding.
 8. The siding of claim 1 wherein the bending line is formed by a bead.
 9. The siding of claim 1 including a generally right angle drip edge along an edge of the main body portion between the lip and the free edge of the main body portion.
 10. The siding of claim 1 including a generally right angle drip edge along and edge of the main body portion between the lip and the free edge of the main bodY portion and tapering down from the lip to the free edge of the main body portion, the lip having an area substantially at right angles to the surface to be sided, and the main body portion inclining slightly upwardly and inwardly toward the surface to be sided, the drip edge substantially filling the void between the main body portion and the surface to be sided. 